Director’s Corner 23 April 2009 Barry Barish FLASH – ILC-like beam tests at DESY Developing high-gradient superconducting radiofrequency (rf) cavities, cryomodules and rf systems for the ILC is at the heart of our R&D programme. An essential part of this programme will be systems tests, including tests with beams. Before we can develop our own […]
Gran Sasso National Laboratory survives the Italian earthquake
Director’s Corner 16 April 2009 Barry Barish Gran Sasso National Laboratory survives the Italian earthquake Last week a major earthquake struck Italy about 10 kilometres from the Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso (Gran Sasso National Laboratory). The inhabitants of the city of L’Aquila nearby the laboratory suffered numerous injuries and loss of lives, as well […]
Technological Benefits from ILC R&D
Director’s Corner 9 April 2009 Barry Barish Technological Benefits from ILC R&D We are pursuing a very ambitious R&D programme in order to develop the technologies that will be required to build the International Linear Collider. Recognising that important technological benefits are resulting from our ILC R&D programme, the Funding Agencies for Large Colliders (FALC), […]
Neutrinos in Venice
Director’s Corner 2 April 2009 Barry Barish Neutrinos in Venice Last month I had the pleasure of participating in the "XIII International Workshop on Neutrino Telescopes" at the "Istituto Veneto di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti" in Venice Italy. This workshop, inspired and run by Professor Milla Baldo Ceolin (Padova University), has become an institution in […]
Renewing links with superconducting cavity manufacturers
Director’s Corner 26 March 2009 Marc Ross Renewing links with superconducting cavity manufacturers Today’s issue features a Director’s Corner from Marc Ross, Project Manager for the Global Design Effort. The most important performance parameter for a linear accelerator is its cost per electronvolt of accelerated beam, or cost per watt of delivered beam power. In […]
Science in the Obama era
Director’s Corner 19 March 2009 Barry Barish Science in the Obama era “We will restore science to its rightful place,” said President Barack Obama in his inauguration address. That statement has raised the hopes of the scientific community, and actions that have followed have further encouraged us to believe that we are entering a new […]
The ILC damping rings and electron cloud mitigation
Director’s Corner 12 March 2009 Barry Barish The ILC damping rings and electron cloud mitigation Today’s ILC NewsLine is a thematic issue focusing on aspects of electron cloud mitigation for the ILC and for other future accelerators. One of the highest-priority goals of the ILC R&D programme during the Technical Design Phase is to demonstrate […]
ILC R&D plan updated
Director’s Corner 5 March 2009 Barry Barish ILC R&D plan updated ILC Research and Development Plan for the Technical Design Phase Release 3 We characterise the present period of the Global Design Effort activities as a four-year programme to prepare ourselves to be ready to propose a well conceived ILC construction project to collaborating governments […]
Trains, planes and automobiles – the life of a regional director
Director’s Corner 26 February 2009 Brian Foster Trains, planes and automobiles – the life of a regional director Today’s issue features a Director’s Corner from Brian Foster, GDE European Regional Director. Although 2009 is not yet two months old, I seem to have already fitted in enough trips to fill a year – but such […]
TILC09 will have some special features
Director’s Corner 19 February 2009 Barry Barish TILC09 will have some special features TILC09 will be held in Tsukuba, Japan, from 17 to 21 April 2009: We will once again share a venue for the Global Design Effort meeting with an ILC physics and detector workshop. These joint meetings help bring us all together as […]